PublishedErschienen: 2012-06-21. Modernization has been one of the most intensely negotiated concepts of the theoretical and historical social sciences over the last fifty years. Conceptions of the term have changed considerably during the course of this discussion.
An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. Adjectives are used to describe a person, object, place or event. In many instances, an adjective provides a specific meaning to the word it is describing.
Definition. A word, phrase, or clause that functions as an adjective or adverb to provide additional information about another word or word group (called the head). Modifiers in English include adjectives, adverbs, demonstratives, possessive determiners, prepositional phrases, degree modifiers, and intensifiers. (See Examples and Observations, below.). Modifiers that appear before the head are called premodifiers. Modifiers that appear after the head are called postmodifiers. Modifiers may be either restrictive (essential to the meaning of a sentence) or nonrestrictive (additional but not essential elements in a sentence). See Examples and Observations below. Also see: 1  Modification.